” David Simon

Maybe only those of us who have been in the newspaper business long enough to recall the days before blogging and the Internet will actually get the title that creator David Simon appliedÂ to tonight’sÂ mesmerizing series finaleÂ of “The Wire.”

“30″

It’s a reference to what we used toÂ put at the bottom of our typewriter-produced stories. Don’t ask me where the term came from, or why we just didn’t write “The End.” That’sÂ simply the way we did things way, way back then. Continue Reading →